Fossil Treasure Repatriates to Kansas

Nearly a half-dozen prehistoric fossils are returning to Kansas after about a century's hiatus in California, and they will be part of a collection at a new natural-history museum scheduled to open on Monday in a Kansas City suburb.

The fossils, including a 17-foot-long mosasaur, or giant marine reptile, were donated to the Museum at Prairiefire in Overland Park, Kan., from the San Diego Natural History Museum, according to an...